Partisans spar over whether charges are example of justice or political intimidation
Donald Trump was a norm-shattering US president during four tumultuous years in the White House. Now, with a Manhattan grand jury handing down a criminal indictment against him on Thursday evening, Trump and the US have again hurtled into uncharted — possibly dangerous — territory.
The news of the grand jury’s vote upended recent speculation that Alvin Bragg, a first-term Manhattan district attorney, might be wobbling in his commitment to a divisive case launched four years ago by his predecessor, Cyrus Vance.
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